Filed under: Utilities, Hardware, Windows
SpeedFan
by Ryan Carter Oct 14th 2006
There have been several times in my computing career when a power supply or other component has died on me. When something is going wrong in your PC, it is good to know what is going on inside the box. You can get out your candy thermometer (or your significant other's I suppose) to test for PC component temperature or a great program to help test your systems heat and other PC vital functions is SpeedFan. This tiny app is great, giving you vital info on heat, fan speed, hard disk fan speed, and other information you may need in the process of troubleshooting. SpeedFan won't give you info on every component, but it certainly helps when troubleshooting heat issues. It has some features that over-clockers would make more use of, though I haven't tested them out yet.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
